Platinum Cure Optical Bonding Silicone for LCD Displays
Optical Bonding of LCD Displays
Optical Bonding Displays with Platinum Cured Silicones
A detailed engineering course connecting LCD operation and polarizers to functional front covers, compliant silicone bonds, controlled manufacturing and verified display performance. Learn how platinum catalyst, crosslinkers, adhesion promoters, primers and retarders affect the bonding system.
Watch the 2:42 introduction with Diggy Breiling, then preview Chapters 1 and 2 free. Invitation enrollment provides access to Chapters 3–17 and the engineering resources. No prior silicone chemistry is required.
Six course sections
- Foundations — Introduction and Chapters 1–2: why silicone; LCD image formation, color filtering, PVA/TAC polarizers, optical films and emissive-display comparisons.
- Core Engineering — Chapters 3–7: silicone chemistry; front covers, touch, ITO heaters, shields, mesh, masks and NVIS optical paths; optical performance; bond mechanics; material selection.
- Manufacturing — Chapters 8–10: surface adhesion and preparation lifetime; cure timing; humidity and temperature control; level, untwisted, thickness-controlled assembly.
- System Integration — Chapters 11–12: extended-temperature operation, installation loads, adhesive/cohesive failure analysis and complete-assembly verification.
- Silicone Enhancements — Chapters 13–17: catalyst, crosslinkers, adhesion promoters and primers, retarders and the design capstone. Includes product-specific primer windows and perimeter adhesion.
- Engineering Resources: calculations, exercises, references and glossary.
Chapter 2 provides the LCD foundation. Chapter 4 · front covers, touch panels, heaters and shields develops the functional cover; detailed chapters provide linked explanations of optics, forces, surface preparation and qualification.
Designed for display, optical, mechanical, process and quality engineers. Estimated study time: approximately 12 hours including exercises and reference reading, pending learner-pilot validation. Includes worked calculations, self-checks and a design capstone.
Related FPD.DEV courses
- Display Optical Testing: Contrast, Reflection & Ambient Performance — Measurement geometry, contrast, reflection, uncertainty and laboratory reporting.
- Optical Oracle™: Optical Enhancements & Sunlight Viewability — Optical enhancement comparisons and sunlight-viewability modeling.
- DO-160 Display Qualification: Components, Systems and Installation — Environmental qualification planning for the complete installed display.
These are separate learning paths; follow each course’s current access and development-edition notices. They do not establish product qualification.
Suggested future specialist courses
Display Polarization and Backlight Engineering; Functional Cover Design: Touch, Heaters and EMI; and Silicone Adhesion Process Qualification. These are proposed topics, not available course offerings.